The scratchy texture of the film lends an ethereal quality to the images almost as if the passing sea frets and attendant mist have soaked into the very fabric of the film.
Old audio recordings of pastors discussing the mythical existence of witches and their travels play over the images of the daily life of an elderly woman.
The men's stories of the very different 'demolition' of the community that was brought about by the drugs trade remind you of the thousands of 'Niddries' up and down the land that were ravaged by recesson.
A family recall the history of their area as their family home is demolished.
Krymskiy is excellent, not least because he also carries off the violin playing after just 12 weeks of lessons.
A 12-year-old violin player is supposed to carry out an attack on several SS officers in the name of a Ukrainian partisan movement, but his attempt will also put his only friend in danger.
Hussain, ably supported by nuanced and heartfelt performances from Ignacius and Ladwa, wastes no time in quickly establishing a believable relationship between the two men
Faraz’s quiet life working at an isolated petrol station is turned upside down when his ageing father Malik begins to speak in a long-forgotten language and insists on returning back home.
It's Tonio's first time in Corsica. He wanders across the island and on dating apps until stumbling upon the Oracle, a user who tells him about gay life in Corsica.
Nefta Football Club scores thanks to the charisma of its two young stars.
In the south of Tunisia, two football-fan brothers bump into a donkey lost in the middle of the desert on the border of Algeria. Strangely, the animal wears headphones over its ears.
The recollections are delightful and affectionate, while also emphasising the everyday self-deprecating loveliness you’ll generally find in Britain if you make it your business to chat to a stranger.
Documentary considering the day Neil Armstrong became a Freeman of Langholm in Scotland.
There are so many moments of beauty in this that it amounts to a gallery, a gathering.
João works on the streets of Rio de Janeiro as a delivery driver in the so-called gig economy. He and his friend dream about buying a motorcycle, travelling the country, and transforming their lives into a musical.
Handsomely mounted in terms of both the wide open landscapes and the confines of the church, Thornton allows the mystery surrounding the boy’s powers to remain that way, unknowable perhaps even to the youngster.
The story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun, where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world.
The camera in Dominik György's film is never still, tight within this small space to faces and hands, the tremble of finger and lip.
A troubled young woman enters an abortion clinic and realises she has forgotten the socks that she must have with her in order that the procedure will be carried out.
The animations give way to film at the end; having heard the stories, we see faces, emphasising that this happened to real people.
An Afghan journalist embarks on a journey to find out who murdered her family 30 years ago, only to uncover hundreds of civilians killed in a secretive American-backed program.
By taking us into the interior space of a type of character usually only seen from the outside, Birban Levy is able to engage with the romantic as more than an observed trope.
In dystopian Seoul, with curfew and lockdown in effect, broke screenwriter Niko suddenly disappears. As her boyfriend Jeremy and new bestie Ji-eun try to locate her, they become unexpectedly intertwined in a love triangle.
A balanced portrait of three people at a difficult juncture in their lives.
A rural rancher and his ailing husband, struggling against poverty and isolation, make a heartbreaking decision in order to preserve the dignity of their marriage.
Snyder let's the churchmen's emotional recollections do the talking - which proves to be a deeply moving experience.
Documentary charting the friendship that grew between two priests on either side of the Atlantic after their communities were rocked by school shootings.
